SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT APPOINTS MEMBERS
TO COURT MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD

Boston, MA —The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court today announced the twelve members of the Court Management Advisory Board to assist the Justices and the Chief Justice for Administration and Management “in their management of the judicial department,” in accordance with G.L. c.211B, § 6A. According to the 2003 legislation, the Advisory Board “shall advise the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court and the Chief Justice for Administration and Management on all matters of judicial reform including, but not limited to, a proposal for the allocation of resources based on the demonstrated workload of each court.”

            The appointment of a board to advise the judiciary on court management was also recommended in the 2003 Report of the Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts, headed by J. Donald Monan, S.J., Chancellor of Boston College. The Visiting Committee, appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, proposed significant management reforms in the court system following an independent study. Several of the Committee’s key recommendations, including the development of staffing models and time standards, are presently being implemented under the direction of Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan.

            Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall said, “ I am deeply grateful to the members of the Court Management Advisory Board who have generously agreed to assist the judiciary in the area of management reform. These are talented, experienced leaders in their chosen fields who will bring fresh perspective and management expertise to help the courts continue to improve the administration of justice at every level of the court system.”

            The statute stipulates that the Advisory Board “shall consist of the attorney general or his designee, the executive director of the Massachusetts office of victim assistance and the following additional members appointed by the supreme judicial court: 2 persons who have significant experience in public administration, 2 persons who have significant experience in business administration, 1 lawyer with significant experience in the practice of criminal law,
1 lawyer with significant experience in the practice of civil law, 1 lawyer with significant experience in the practice of probate and family law, 1 lawyer with significant experience in the representation of juveniles in the courts, 1 lawyer with significant judicial experience but not a current justice of the commonwealth or a retired justice serving in the commonwealth pursuant to judicial recall, and 1 person who has significant experience in information technology.”

            According to the legislation, the Court Managment Advisory Board members shall serve for an initial three-year term with a maximum of two terms. The Chief Justice for Administration and Management is designated as the secretary of the Advisory Board, according to the statute.

            The following individuals have been appointed to the Court Managment Advisory Board:

Leo V. Boyle is a partner at Meehan, Boyle, Black & Fitzgerald in Boston. A former president of the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association, Mr. Boyle currently serves on the Massachusetts Bar Association’s 2003 Court Study Task Force.

Linda K. Carlisle is presently a management consultant to public and non-profit clients. She was Commissioner of the Department of Social Services from 1993 to 1999.

Gene D. Dahmen is a partner with Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland, P.C. in Boston. A former president of the Boston Bar Association and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Ms. Dahmen’s practice is primarily in family law and mediation.

Janet Fine is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance.

David Fubini is the Director of the Boston office of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm, which provided significant pro bono assistance to the Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts.

Robert P. Gittens is Vice President for Public Affairs at Northeastern University. Mr. Gittens has previously served as Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Humans Services, as Commissioner of the Department of Youth Services, as a member and chair of the Boston School Committee, as First Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney, and as chair of the Parole Board.

Michael B. Keating, a past president of the Boston Bar Association and Crime and Justice Foundation, is a partner at Foley Hoag LLP in Boston and is chairman of the Litigation Department. He is chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Task Force on Sentencing and a former member of the U.S. District Court’s Panel of Criminal Defense Counsel.

Stephanie S. Lovell, First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, is the designee to the Board of Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly.

Honorable Neil L. Lynch, a retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, is Settlement Counsel for the First Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.

Anne Margulies is the first executive director of OpenCourseWare at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, she has held senior information technology management positions at Harvard University and was a chief operating officer for a private sector firm.

Thomas O’Brien is Dean of the Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and formerly Financial Vice President at Harvard University.

Elizabeth Pattullo is President and Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Health Strategies. Formerly, she was the Executive Director for Mental Health Management of America and currently serves on the faculty of both the Brandeis Heller School of Social Policy and Harvard Medical School.